I whipped my hand around in the hole, waving it, stretching it as far up as I could. “I’m down here!” I yelled. “Can you see me? Please help me!” And that’s when I felt it—the warm flesh of another human! He planted his palm firmly against mine and wrapped his long, strong fingers tightly around my hand. I gasped as my breath disappeared momentarily in awe. Was I really feeling this? I was! And all of my hours of asking, praying, screaming, yelling, pleading, begging, promising—they ended with the most incredible feeling and the four sweetest words I have ever heard. “I’ve got you, Genelle,” a
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